The National (feat. Bon Iver) - Weird Goodbyes (Lyric Video)
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- 'Weird Goodbyes' by The National featuring Bon Iver, from new album 'Laugh Track': thenational.ffm.to/laughtrack
Lyrics:
Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air
There'll come a time I'll wanna know I was here
Names on the doorframes, inches and ages
Handprints in concrete, at the softest stages
I don't know why I don't try harder
I feel like throwing towels into water
Get it down to nothing, everything that matters
Fever flashes, eyelashes and traffic patterns
Humidity, history, chemistry and panic
Swimsuits in windows of electric minivans
I don't know why I don't try harder
I've been going down some some strange water
Move forward now. There's nothing to do
Can't turn around, I can't follow you
Your coat's in my car I guess you forgot
It's crazy the things we let go of
It finally hits me, a mile's drive
The sky is leaking, my windshield's crying
I'm feeling sacred, my soul is stripped
Radio's painful, the words are clipped
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it's dying
I'm pulling over, until it heals
I'm on a shoulder, of lemon fields
What was I even leaving for
I keep going back and forth
I think now I'm about to see
Didn't know how sad it'd be
Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air
There'll come a time I'll wanna know I was here
Names on the doorframes, inches and ages
Handprints in concrete, at the softest stages
I don't know why I don't try harder
I feel like throwing towels into water
Move forward now. There's nothing to do
Can't turn around, and I can't follow you
Your coat's in my car I guess you forgot
It's crazy the things we let go of
It finally hits me, a mile's drive
The sky is leaking, my windshield's crying
I'm feeling sacred, my soul is stripped
Radio's painful, the words are clipped
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it's dying
I'm pulling over, until it heals
I'm on a shoulder, of lemon fields
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it's dying
I'm pulling over, until it heals
I'm on a shoulder, of lemon fields
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This song feels like finally driving home after a life changing event.
After leaving the hospital when my husband of 15 years suddenly passed away in the night. Heart attack, with my love now that was meant to be and nothing feels like it should, I should be happy, but no. I've too much grief. ✌️💚🕊️
@@nicelady4069 I hope that life suprises you and heals you in the most suprising and wonderful ways stranger, peace.
You said it perfectly.
This is exactly it!
@@nicelady4069I know that feeling, I remember that drive home so well. Coldplay Clocks was playing. Sending virtual hugs.
This song is that weird sad feeling, something like mid life despair, time is going by and you’re getting older and can’t shake how temporal existence is
LC absolutely yeah been feeling that a lot lately I'm 60 next year, it's scary if I'm honest
I played it on piano yesterday and kept crying reading the words. I’d love a more acoustic version at some point
Mid-life? I feel that despair every 10 years, lol
Right on! Join the club!
Welcome to The National! 😊
This is quite a song. I heard it on the radio today; it gives me the chills, not so easy to do for a guy who's 70 now. Thank you!
My dad is 70, he'd never give this a chance. Kudos! They are an amazing band.
@@ThePixelatedGamerYT Thank you for the good words. Maybe my tastes in music have been a bit more off-beat than your dad's-I've liked everything from John Prine to the Violent Femmes !If you have anything to recommend let me know!
They never disappoint! Great song!
@@multicaruana Silver jews
@@liamskeo1768 I looked them up thanks!
Time to bring out those sad dad dance moves 🔥🔥
I'm just imagining bob belcher waddling around by himself
Cries in Sufjan.
FACTS
LOL! I'm 62. I'm going to see them (again), next month. I'm sure moves be sad, but I'll be glad...
The struggle is real..
It's amazing how The National keeps infusing this much pain and beauty into their music. I love this so much.
100% 💕
Racial pride flag 🤮. Why do you link black people with aids like that?
Yes I totally agree
It hurts so much
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Matt is really channeling some Leonard Cohen on this one
That's who I thought at first! Are all of his songs like that? How are they usually?
he's quite often channeling Cohen
Their music is so cinematic. One of thew few acts, along with Springsteen, where a song triggers an entire movie in my head.
I never realized how Springsteen The National is until now.
"Stolen Car," only 42 years further along in life?
...crap, did I just type "42 years"?? 😲
One who "gets" the National "gets" life. So astute.
I've done a lot of crying lately....many times over this song. I have lost almost everything and everyone in my life . Mostly of my own doing. I want it all to go away and I want it all to end. Then I hear a song like this and read your comments and the tears come out. And then I get the courage to say...call my 7 year old daughter who I miss like hell. And the strength to keep going.....
"The radio is painful, the words are clipped" such a powerful image. He is so far away that the signal is getting lost. But, more than that, the songs he's hearing don't get their proper ending - hence the pain. They are left unfinished, even if you know them by heart, so much is left unsaid, undone, clipped. Nobody gets a clean out.
Such a great song and such a great title. Goodbyes ARE weird because it’s so hard to accept that things are over- a life, a relationship, a stage, etc. How can a person, a life, a love be here and then just not be here? That’s why grief is so hard and so weird. I love that they point that out.
My friend passed away from suicide a few weeks ago. I was so stunned that I didn't even know how to process the news. This song came on the radio later in the night, and it was the first time in that entire day of having heard what happened that I was finally able to let out the tears. It came at a much needed time
Hug. I'm crying just from yours comment. Dine be alone! You're NOT alone!! Not just you, but anyone who's reading. Know that!
As a dad of two young daughters, this hurts and heals at the same time. My wife and I love each other, but have our problems. We move so fast, I forget to enjoy the small moments like bath time, this song perfectly summarizes all of the emotions and makes it ok.
They are the kings of "Sad dad rock" Love them!
This song made me cry..
this song genuinely feels like poetry recited with accompanying music. there is so much meaning in each throwaway line damn.
Handprints in concrete at the softest stages. What a lyrical masterpiece!
I was just jamming to this, then stopped to actually listen to the lyrics. Now I'm sitting here crying. But god, if it isn't beautiful
This might be the best song I’ve ever heard on the first listen. Wow. Needed this more than ever right now.
Seriously. Definitely the best song I’ve heard all year
I was thinking the same thing.
I'm crying like a baby, in my truck, at a construction site I'm working at. Lost my dog of 12 years two days ago, and just generally feel like I'm failing, at everything. Damn.
You are. We all are. It's ok. It'd get better.
I'm so sorry for your loss - it's awful when our furry loved ones leave us. I hope this finds you in a better headspace. You're not failing. Life can be hard; loved ones pass; things go wrong. That's not failure. It's just what happens, to all of us. Go easy on yourself.
@@jobeans4760 thank you
@@jobeans4760What a beautiful way of giving encouragement.
I’m sorry I didn’t try harder. You gave me the best years of my life. You deserved more than the weird goodbye.
This is my new favorite song.
been listening to this song on loop for days straight; it's so poignant ... melancholy-tender, alive-painful, visceral, evocative, so vivid
all attributes of "that" song. the one that we most relate to, that as if it took the words right from our lives.
Amazing vocal choices throughout. Let's you think it's someone recanting a tierd tale. Next, it's confused-innocent + whatever you hear. I came here to look for a clip /stare at the lyrics/get an explanation. But I just think I know exactly what he/they mean, I have lived those snippets of memory given in the lyrics and I don't think I could describe those times with words. I felt so old and alone, but I was young... !? Well the song made me stop what I was doing anyway. And now it's in my top played on ●ify
i always find my heart drawn back to the national at every autumn and beyond. this is perfect timing before September. so lucky to live in a time of this band 🧡
I agree. The National reminds me of autumn 🍂
So true!
Mr. November indeed.
For me Boxer is the quintessential Autumn record, even though it was released in May.
@@TheDinousek nice! mine would be high violet. will you be seeing them on tour?
i'm ready for baritone daddy to make me sad again
amen
Lyrics weren’t bullsh*t for me. I’m betting you’re younger than Matt, or maybe you ace all your relationships.
Daddy? Weird u would say that? Ick,yuck
@@bulkyzero it's beautifully done.
@@jimwilliams3816 yeah man, we experienced (early 30s) folk know.
This song hits in a bunch of places. Weird goodbyes are tough to process, feels like a painting that wasn't finished or a journey that got cut in the middle. Well I can't explain it well, obviously, but these guys do a gorgeous job of it.
I’d say you explained it perfectly… it’s just like that.
@@MsStacimarie well that's very nice of you to say, I appreciate it, thank you.
I need this, like i need oxygen.
I almost need it more
Simply wonderful, a song about leaving the past behind and moving on, but not always being able to. As I'm in my mid 60s ,this beautiful song struck a chord with me.
Dschungelcamp 2024 wir waren dabei, wer noch 😍 ?
War dabei :) Gerade in der letzten Sekunde noch geschafft den Song herauszufinden. Musikauswahl war generell top! Auch schön war, dass man im Abspann noch sah, welche Nasen überhaupt für das ganze Spektakel verantwortlich waren. ;-) Man übersieht recht gerne, wie viele Leute da involviert sind.
Cringe den Song aus so einer Müllshow zu kennen.
@@dr.neilwatts412 geschmäcker sind verschieden 😊
This song is forever one of the two songs that reminds me of my dad passing from cancer.. I first heard it during his brief fight and quick passing.. the other song is by the national as well. About today.
This band is my EVEYTHING!!
My dog was put to sleep around a year ago. After 17 years of being around with us, it was time. But it's definitely been a weird goodbye since them. I'm now looking ahead as I know he joined us a long time ago and gave us his everything, as we did the same with him
I miss you zeus, and thank you to the sad dads for putting a song that captures this goodbye
Opening a Wound and Healing it at the very same moment wonderfully beautiful experience.
After just separating from my husband on Friday, this song hits differently for sure. A mixture of sadness but also knowing that there’s more to come in the future which will help move past the confusion that is life…
great song and wish it was on the album!. This song feels like finally driving home after a life changing event..
The song is in Laugh Track, their newest album.
This is my favorite song in 2023 🎶
* Another great National song to conjure a mental time-machine of sad and bittersweet nostalgia.
I'm pretty much speechless. One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
great song and wish it was on the album!
Can't stop listening to this. Brings me to tears. So damn beautiful, elegant & sad ❤ This might be the best song I’ve ever heard on the first listen in years.
Same
Es geht mir ganz genauso! Besser kann man es nicht beschreiben ❤
Poetry set to music. Melancholic and ethereal. Emotions and memories float in front of me and pass by.
My favorite song 2023
The lyrics just crush in this. I’m on repeat with this 24/7
I had a very hard journey of grief this past year & this song just captures it all so well
Your songs are always moving. There are many good songs in the world, but there are very few songs that move people like you. That is why I long for you and I always listen to your songs.
Amen
national and bon inver together, it is impossible to go wrong...amazing song, amazing (sad dads) vibe, nostalgic and actual at the same time
This song is the damn soundtrack of my life right now. It so clearly describes the twilight of my marriage. Losing my wife to another man. She was the light of my life. I'm in so much pain but at the same time I just want this nightmare to be over so I can move forward.
Wrecked reading this. I’m so sorry. Reading this with this song 😭😩. Been there 2x…the pain is real…but over time…it gets better…to the point where when you hear her name…it won’t bring that smile anymore…😓
@@williamwood7138 Thanks. Today is our 14th anniversary. I'm having a hard go at it as very few people know and when asked, I give them a generic "fine" answer.
@@Rick-hp6fu Hope you're holding up, unknown man on the internet. In a way, you are me and I am you.
I am so so sorry to hear this. I have been married 13 years (23 total) and he’s it for me. Forever. I don’t know how you are hanging on but god damn it you deserve happiness. I hope she was just blocking you from the one who becomes that for you.
@@shilohivy4590 Thanks for the kind words. It really means a lot. I struggle greatly at times to deal with it and have a ton of anxiety but therapy has helped me cope. Realizing and accepting that I cannot control what she does, only what I can do, has allowed me to forge ahead and not seek the quick way out. My kids need me and I need them. I'm fucking tearing up as I write this. There is light at the end of the tunnel and we'll be divorced soon. I just need to make it through the holidays. I hope you hold on to what you have and cherish it. I never thought it would happen to me. Take care of yourself and your family.
This song is so beautiful!
Hearing this masterpiece on the day my mother passed away due to cancer!! It feels so beautiful to connect to this song and feel like the bands you have always loved care about you in many ways
i’m thinking of you! hope you’re okay
My dad passed away from cancer about a month ago and I felt exactly the same hearing this song
@@alipareedanse12 thnak you so much for caring !!!!
@@hannahgriffin374 i uderstand you !! may your dad rest in peace and i truly care !
Love and strength from Portugal!
Love this song. I lost my puppy tragically and this song has helped me with the goodbye. Grief is painful
The love exists forever 🤍
hearing this was the first time I was wondering how artists manage to sing some of their songs without crying. It's a beautiful piece. I was listening to upbeat and Halloween stuff while cleaning the kitchen and suddenly this came on. Despite not liking ballads, I was instantly taken in by the atmosphere this voice and words convey. Listened a few times on repeat, ended up crying. What a beautiful song.
Just when we needed them
This one hit me like a freight train, just like About Today and Light Years. These songs dig deep and pull up some old, barely remembered grief from within me and I am crying the best kind of tears that can only be brought on by soul-crushingly beautiful music. It hurts, but it the hurt is just so GOOD! Kudos!
there is something to be said when music strikes your soul so deeply and you cannot do anything about it!
🍋🍋🍋🍋
Funny how listening to music made by strangers while sitting alone in a room somewhere in the world can somehow make you feel like you may not be alone. That you may exist. That tomorrow may someday come.
Why haven't I heard of this Group before today??
I LOVE their Music! It really touches my Soul! ❤
Me to. It's so beautiful. It makes me so sad but in a sweet beautiful way.😢😢
"The grief it gets me" This is something we all can relate to. Haven't we all lost something during the pandemic. Thanks for this gem... maybe we can heal.
I haven't. Narrowing it down to one illness really oversimplifies this amazing track.
@@Misslost You have lost something during the pandemic, I can guarantee it. It may be a person, it may be time or liberty, it may be a layer of innocence or bodily autonomy. It may be currency, from associated inflation, it may be a sense of reality from all the parroted information. You may have lost patients or you may have lost patience for those who were believers or those who were sceptics. You may have lost faith in statistics. Either way we all lost something.
I used to listen to this song while showering before leaving to write my board exams, this song soothed me through all the panic and anxiety I was facing.
Immediately moving
Those piano notes before the vocals start can make anyone recognize a National song even if it's been years since you heard one of their songs. Love it!
After my break up in 2018, The National and Bon Iver were my soundtrack for that year. This song sums it all up in a beautiful way.
Ever hear a song and you instantly know there's no way there's a better song from the same artist. This is that one song for The National. ♥
Love that voice! First time I heard a song by The National it brought chills to my skin! It was Morning Dew! I like Bon Iver too, great pairing!
The voice reminds me of jermaine from flight of the conchords...actually the whole vibe of the song does except sad
"I am easy to find" and "nobody else will be there" give me the same effect as this song. Absolutely beautiful.
Listen to the Big Red Machine albums. It's Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aaron Desner (The National). It's a similar vibe to this.
How excellent is this song. Notice that is a statement not a question youtubers.
This came up today on the radio just when I was thinking how much I miss my big sister, died at 57 of brain cancer...feeling a little bit less alone now. The grief never goes away.
Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here.
This song feels way longer than it actually is, and I somehow like that about it. Well done
Ntl and Bon Iver 💙🔥
Exceptionally beautiful song
Despite all the horrible shit that humans do to each other and to our beautiful planet, we (slightly) redeem ourselves by making absolutely amazing music like this.
I only discovered this band this year, what a waste of so many years not having the enjoyment of listening to such a great band.
This has a 90s vibe to it. I like the vibe very much!
Be happy 😊
Literal serotonin
Brilliant
Surreal
Getting a Sleep Well Beast vibe.
And I LOVED Sleep Well Beast. 👍
I never thought about this collaboration, but omg. I had tix to both bands then covid hit and both shows were canceled. Probably my two favourites if I had to pick
Justin Vernon produced bloodbuzz Ohio
@@joshuamessinger I didn’t know that, that’s one of my favourites too 😂
@@eldondrift8910 I'm actually wrong. I'm not sure why I thought that. He was on Conversation 16 though.
@@eldondrift8910 plus, listen to the two albums of Big Red Machine, if you haven't already. It's Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon in one band. Fucking great, too
Justin already has a side project with Aaron Dessner called the Big Red Machine.
BRING ON THE FEELS
great. thanks a lot. now I got to listen to this 800 times today. I got stuff to do man
This song is absolutely gorgeous. AMAZING !!!!!
i have been listening to this ever since i heard it in the morning !! i am so hooked ! subtly addictive and brilliant lyricism !! while i am listening i feel like my heart has been pulled out of my chest and shoved back in as it ends and I can feel it emanating a strange euphoric , dreamy yet so painful feeling all over my body ! other
worldly !!
The National always affects me that way. I can’t listen to About Today and several others without openly weeping. 💔 But yes, so addictive.
As we age (grow) there are many types of grieving to do in so many ways. Thanks for lighting the way with stunning exactness.
can't stop listening to this masterpiece. thanks for putting into words and into music what some goodbyes sound like. you guys never disappoint.
Brings me to tears everytime..
And there…. Right there.. music peaked and became magic… pure and simple magic
I wasn't prepared for how deeply this song would affect me, beautiful and sad all at once, you've done it again ❤️
Perfect song.
This song gets me everytime...growing up with my grandparents, my paps door frame had the inches and ages, handprints when new concrete was poured for the porch n basement.
Coming back home* when it was time to care for them, but going back and forth to take care of my kids and back to my grandparents.
Memorize the bathwater, one day just stepping into the tub will be an impossibility, and you'll long for the ability to take care of yourself. Memorize the air, our elders more often than not are isolated and stuck at home missing the sunshine and fresh air, without that you feel less than human/like a ghost, wondering 'was there ever even a time before this?'
Comfort kits/comfort measures are the weirdest goodbyes you could have with the people you love and care for most in this world.
This song wrecks me everytime. ♡
_(head down, crying while shuffle-dancing in place with the occasional jazz-hands)_
i wasn't so sure i would like it until the voice started - it's absoutely stunning :O
i know bro i got goosebumps when his voice started
I love this band, I love you Matt, Scott, Aaron, Bryce and Bryan you guys have filled the gap in my heart with your lovely songs, I hope you come to Mexico again this time I have money to come and see you, best of wishes to all and excellent new year
one of the best choruses matt's ever written.
Simply brilliant
Just love this song. 'Memorize the bath water'....you got me hooked already.
been listening to this everyday since it came out. Somehow feels to me like these motivational mantras people talk out loud to themselves in front of a mirror. Maybe not as bleak.. " I don't know why I don't try harder -I've been going down some some strange water".. but we keep moving forward now
They keep growing. It never stops hurting.
“Your coat’s in my car, I guess you forgot. It’s crazy the things we let go of.” What timing to hear and see all these lyrics right now…
*deep sigh *
Guess I'll go make another pink rabbit.
don’t swallow the cap
I heard it for the first time on the way to my uncle's funeral, during what happens to also be the first year of my only child's life, so it's hitting me in all kinds of different ways. The feelings really come at you from multiple directions with this one.
its kind of soothing love the deep voice
Dont stop making music The National....always great sound and lirycs!!